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Yttrofluorite from
Little Patsy pegmatite, South Platte Pegmatite Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Fluorite var: Yttrofluorite
Formula:(Ca1-xYx)F2+x where 0.05 < x < 0.3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Yttrofluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Patsy pegmatite, South Platte Pegmatite Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43721
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43721:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Yttrofluorite
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘSeerie pegmatite (Cooper pegmatite), South Platte Pegmatite Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘWhite Cloud pegmatite, South Platte Pegmatite Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘSkeleton No. 2 pegmatite, Devils Head Pegmatite Mining District, Douglas County, Colorado, USA
39.4km (24.5 miles) ⓘSnowflake Feldspar Mine, Teller County, Colorado, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘStrang pegmatite occurrence (S. B. Strang Ralston Creek pegmatite), Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
76.5km (47.5 miles) ⓘStove Mountain (Cookstove Mountain), El Paso County, Colorado, USA
81.5km (50.7 miles) ⓘ"Cerite" occurrences ("Rusty Gold" locality), Jamestown, Jamestown Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
References
Jacobson, Mark I., Smith, Myron W. (1990) Fluocerite-(Ce) and Other Minerals from the Little Patsy Quarry [Colorado]. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (5) 429-430
Simmons, W. B., Hanson, S. L., Falster, A. U. (2006) Samarskite-(Yb): a new species of the samarskite group from the Little Patsy pegmatite, Jefferson County, Colorado. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (5). 1119-1125 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.5.1119
 
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